Michigan Recruiting Insider: Spring Game recap; Wolverines trending for pair of trench targets
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
On this edition of the Michigan Recruiting Insider, Brice and Steve start with discussion on Kalamazoo (MI) four-star offensive tackle Jakari Lipsey. Lipsey is a top target for Wolverines' offensive line coach Jim Harding.
Our second segment discusses Fort Mill (SC) three-star defensive end Alex Johnson, who has burst onto the scene in the last couple of weeks and become a top target for the staff. Can the Wolverines go into SEC country and pull one out?
The episode concludes with an extended discussion on notable visitors' for the staff's spring game/practice last Saturday. Among the prospects discussed are top receiver targets Dakota Guerrant and Quentin Burrell along with cornerback target Tavares Harrington.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, guys. |
| 0:18.6 | What's going on, guys? Steve Lorenz, Bryce Merich, the Michigan Insider, another edition of the Michigan Recruiting |
| 0:24.2 | Insider podcast. |
| 0:25.9 | Sam's busy playing softball this afternoon, so it wasn't able to make it on, hoping he hits |
| 0:32.1 | a couple bombs this afternoon over at the, what's the softball academy they're running today I believe so |
| 0:39.5 | sam's out there like I said hope he hits a couple some dingers but bryce and I want to make |
| 0:45.8 | sure we got on talked a few things happening on with the wolverines on the recruiting trail |
| 0:50.9 | spring game just happened we're going to talk about we're going to kind of do a lightning round with some of the guys that stopped in for that. But today's |
| 0:58.3 | episode, we wanted to lead off. So Michigan staff has been on the road since Monday for the, |
| 1:05.4 | what, spring evaluation period or whatever. I believe this is the first evaluation where they can take, |
| 1:13.2 | like way more guys can hit the road, right? |
| 1:15.5 | Isn't that like a, |
| 1:16.2 | isn't this the evaluation where like the, |
| 1:18.4 | with the new rule? |
| 1:20.0 | Is it or is it? |
| 1:21.4 | So the rule is you can have 16 designated staffers, |
| 1:26.3 | but only 10 are on the actual road. |
| 1:28.9 | Okay. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.7 | So you can, yeah. |
| 1:31.4 | So as expected, one of the first stops, if not really, probably was the first stop for Jim Harding. |
| 1:40.8 | I believe it was what, Jason Beck. |
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